'Gunsmoke' has an untouchable reputation among Western fans.

The Emmy Award-winning Western set a new standard for television over its 20-season run from 1955 to 1975 ...

Gunsmoke isn’t just the greatest Western TV show ever made. It’s also the longest-running and most prolific in terms of total episodes. Across 20 seasons, 635 installments of the series were produced ...

"Gunsmoke" was the series with the most-streamed minutes on FAST platforms from Oct. 2025-April 2026, at 22.5 billion minutes on Pluto TV, according to Peer39, a digital media data company.

When considering the vast catalog of Western television programs, there is only one series that reigns not only as the leading champion of the televised genre, but sits on the throne as the "gold ...

If there's a genre of television that is associated with being iconically American, the Western would be the top contender. Visions of saloon doors swinging open as a spur-spangled stranger stands in ...

Gunsmoke aired its series finale on March 31, 1975, and decades later, fans still don't want to get out of Dodge. The Emmy-winning Western, based on the eponymous radio show, premiered on CBS on Sept.

If there's a genre of television that is associated with being iconically American, the Western would be the top contender. Visions of saloon doors swinging open as a spur-spangled stranger stands in ...